The Motion Picture Almanac 1929 (1929)

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Record Details:

Title:
The Motion Picture Almanac 1929
Date:
1929
Publisher:
Chicago : Exhibitors Herald-World
Volume:
The motion picture almanac (1929)
Leaf #:
00023
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Yearbook
Collection:
Year Book
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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1929 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 19 The Qrandest Show Ever Put On! Carl Laenimle Edna Ferber Joseph Schildkraut Jerome Kern CARL LAEMMLE HAS THE HONOR TO PRESENT Universal's Talking and Singing Triumph jvith Laura LaPIante Joseph Schildkraut OTIS HARLAN ALMA RUBENS EMILY FITZROY JANE LA VERNE With the Musical Hits from ZIEGFELDS STAGE PRODUCTION By Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd Story by EDNA FERBER SEE and HEAR THE ORIGINAL ZIEGFELD STAGE STARS HELEN MORGAN— JULES BLEDSOE— AUNT JEMIMA A HARRY POLLARD PRODUCTION Movietone Direction by Arch Heath and Harry Pollard As a iioii'l it took the country by storm ... as a Zipgfeld Musical Comvdy it was a sensation ... as Carl Laeninde's Movietone Triumph it's the biggest thing that ever happened in motion pictures. That's glittering, gorgeous, glamorous Show Boat. Seats sold for as high as $25.00 each at the Ziegfeld Theatre, New York. Now as a motion picture it marks a new era in entertainment. This is the first time in show business history that the .>malle>l towns, villages and hamlets can see and hear the higlilights of a big $7.70 per seat musical comedy hit on the screen while the Broadway production is still running. You will HEAR as well as SEE the famous Ziegfeld stars . . . Helen Morgan singing "Bill'' and "Can't Help Loving That Man" . . . Jules Bledsoe singing "Old Man River" . . . Aunt Jemima and the celebrated Ziegfeld Plantation Singers "Hey Fellous" and "Come On Folks." The brilliant L'niversal cast of screen stars inrluding Laura LaPIante. Joseph Schildkr<iut. Otis Harlan. Alma Rubens, Emily Fitzroy. Jane La 1 erne and hundreds of others. That s SHOW BOAT with the greatest array of stage and screen celebrities ever identified with one picture. Oscar Hammerstein. Otis Harlan